La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § IV-2309

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section IV-2309 - Maintaining Eligibility

A. To continue receiving the tuition payment for medical school students, recipients must meet all of the following criteria:

1. have not graduated from medical school; and

2. be considered in good standing by the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center or the Tulane University School of Medicine and continue to make satisfactory progress towards a medical degree in a primary care field or have completed studies in good standing; and

3. continue to enroll each subsequent term as a fulltime student, unless granted an exception for cause by the board, in a course of study leading to a degree in medicine; and

4. annually apply for federal and state student aid by completing the FAFSA or renewal FAFSA, whichever is applicable to the student, by the state deadline; and

5. have no criminal convictions, except for misdemeanor traffic violations.

B. Upon receiving a doctorate degree in medicine, an award recipient will be continued in a deferred payment status under the terms of the Tuition Payment Program for Medical Students promissory note ("promissory note") as long as the recipient is enrolled in a residency program leading to a medical specialty in a primary care field. The recipient shall notify the board of the place and duration of the recipient's residency program no later than the date the recipient receives a doctorate in medicine. The notice shall include an endorsement from the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center or its designee or from the Tulane University School of Medicine or its designee that the residency program is a program that will lead to the ability to practice as a primary care physician as defined herein. The Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center or the Tulane University School of Medicine shall make available to the recipient a list of designated areas. The recipient shall identify the designated area in which the recipient intends to practice medicine and include this selection in the notice sent to the board. By July 30 of each year following receipt of a doctorate degree in medicine, the recipient shall notify the board of the recipient's current address and include in such notice an endorsement from an appropriate official of the residency program in which the recipient is engaged that the recipient is making satisfactory progress in the program. The recipient shall notify the board in writing of the completion of the residency program and the date the recipient will initiate practice in a designated area. Each year thereafter, on the anniversary of the date the recipient enters a primary care practice in a designated area, the recipient shall send a written confirmation to the board that the recipient has practiced medicine during that year as required under the terms of the promissory note. The written confirmation shall be in the form of an affidavit executed before a notary public and shall be endorsed by the Louisiana Department of Health, affirming that the recipient has practiced in a designated area. Failure of the recipient to send any of the notices required under the terms of the promissory note in a timely manner shall cause the recipient to be placed in a repayment status.

C. Students who fail to maintain eligibility for a subsequent year of the loan will be placed in a repayment status six months from the date of their loss of eligibility, unless granted an exception for cause by the board.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § IV-2309

Promulgated by the Student Financial Assistance Commission, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 25:1462 (August 1999), LR 26:2754 (December 2000), repromulgated LR 27:1873 (November 2001), amended LR 28:777 (April 2002), LR 31:41 (January 2005), Amended by the Board of Regents, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 44572 (3/1/2018).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:3041.10-3041.26.